and congratulations to pbs, cbs, cnn and nbc. and stephen, thank you. >> thank you very much. much respect to everybody here. this is way harder than i thought. >> it's great to have you this morning. have a great day, everyone. >>> the skies opened up for the rush hour. this is what it looked like an hour ago along york road. the rain and wet roads are creating a real mess out there. loren cook is here with the time saver traffic. loren, have things gotten better on the beltway? >> there is no relief on 695, accidents across the region. 195, an accident along the eastbound lanes at route 16789 more problems on 795, northbound, owings mills boulevard. traveling 695, a new accident on the inner loop 97. delays in parkville, accident on the inner loop, bel air, the outer loop is slow. you are looking at a 20 minute delay from 95, up to 83. now, here is meteorologist, lynette charles. >>> good morning, here we go as we look at maryland's most powerful radar, rain across lots of the areas now. we will zoom in, towson, moderate rain, more in the baltimore, brooklyn park and tblen b